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Chapter 27

           IhadscarcelookedforasecondwhenIsawoneo’themgouptothecaptainflourishingaknife,andbeforeIcouldwinkheplungeditintohisbreast,whileanotheryell,liketheonethatrousedme,ranguponmyear.Ididn’twaitformore,butboundingup,wentcrashingthroughthebushesintothewoods.Theblackfellowscaughtsightofme,however,butnotintimetopreventmejumpin’intotheboat,asyouknow."

           Billseemedtobemuchexhaustedafterthisrecital,andshudderedfrequentlyduringthenarrative;soIrefrainedfromcontinuingthesubjectatthattime,andendeavouredtodrawhismindtootherthings.

           "Butnow,Bill,"saidI,"itbehovesustothinkaboutthefuture,andwhatcourseofactionweshallpursue.Hereweare,onthewidePacific,inawell-appointedschooner,whichisourownatleast,noonehasabetterclaimtoitthanwehaveandtheworldliesbeforeus.Moreover,herecomesabreeze,sowemustmakeupourmindswhichwaytosteer."

           "Ralph,boy,"saidmycompanion,"itmattersnottomewhichwaywego.Ifearthatmytimeisshortnow.Gowhereyouwill;I’mcontent."

           "Well,then,Bill,IthinkwehadbettersteertotheCoralIslandandseewhathasbecomeofmydearoldcomrades,JackandPeterkin.Ibelievetheislandhasnoname,butthecaptainoncepointeditouttomeonthechart,andImarkeditafterwards;so,asweknowprettywellourpositionjustnow,IthinkIcansteertoit.

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